Hasta La Gadget!

The Samsung / Chumby digiframe was on hand at CES in a very, very early prototype form. In fact, the demo units didn’t even have a back plate covering up the innards. We were told that Samsung’s contribution is the processor within, and plans are to release it to market before the end of ’09. Our early impressions? The widgets were liquid smooth and lookin’ good; the video playback, however, was less than acceptable. Have a glance below for an early look.

Filed under: CES, Digital Cameras, Displays

Samsung / Chumby prototype digiframe hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’ve been listening to the Engadget Podcast, you know that Taiwan’s Dr. Mobile is our new favorite fly-by-night Asian netbook vendor, and VIA’s showing off its Nano-powered Freestyle Mini here at CES in a darkened restaurant. (Seriously!) Internally, it’s basically a smaller version of the 11.6-inch Freestyle we played with a few days ago, but it’s in a more traditional netbook package with an 8.9-inch screen. We were pretty blunt in asking the VIA rep why the Nano’s basically been a no-show during 2008’s Atom explosion, and while we didn’t get a straight answer, it sounds like 2009 might be the year the battle for netbook platform dominance is finally joined — the Freestyle and the Freestyle Mini should be available in the next few months. Dr. Mobile, paging Dr. Mobile.

Filed under: Laptops

VIA shows off Nano-powered Dr. Mobile Freestyle Mini originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You thought we’d make it through all of CES without a prank? You underestimated us. And this one might be worse than last year. Don’t watch this if you have a delicate constitution.

You’re welcome, internet. That was for all of you.

Video: Chris Mascari; Song: Django Reinhardt – Minor Swing; Thanks to the Engadget crew for being such good sports.

There’s plenty of automotive tech on display at CES this year (amps and kickers for miles, dawg) and, while Microsoft is talking up its enhanced Sync for 2010 autos, Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally took an opportunity to direct our gaze a bit further down the road with an interesting demo of what he imagines the rear-view mirror of the future will look like. Ford calls it Emotic Voice Activation, or EVA, basically an integrated AI that can read you your e-mail, check the news, and even, apparently, detect what kind of tunes you’re in the mood for. At this point we don’t know anything about when or even if this sort of thing will be available in the real world, but, based on the video, we expect EVA to become standard equipment roughly when steering wheels lose their spokes and people actually start pulling over to check their e-mail. Soothing video below.

Continue reading Ford teases the future of Sync, plans to bring disembodied heads to dashboards everywhere

Filed under: CES, Transportation

Ford teases the future of Sync, plans to bring disembodied heads to dashboards everywhere originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve taken a mountain of shots of the new Palm Pre, but we thought a proper tour of the the apps and interface was in order. So with that in mind we banged together a gallery of shots from messaging, web browser, camera, photos, music, videos, notes, tasks, maps, and calculator. We have to say, the more we check this phone out, the more we like it; we’re all pretty much gushing over here. Follow the read link to head over to Engadget Mobile’s gallery

Palm Pre interface tour originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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